Improvement in hokse-shoes



JCB WHEELER, OF- HUNTINGTON, INDIANA.

l Leim-*8 Patent No. 70,660, dated Nambe? 5,1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-SHOES.l

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To ALL WIIoM I'I` MAY CONCERNE `Be it known that I, JACOB WHEELER, of Huntington, lHuntington county, Indialna, have invented :I newl and improved Horse-Shoe;'a.nd I do hereby declarel that the following is a. full, clear, andfexaet description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makcand use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingv drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of horse-shoe, itsobject being to expand the hoof whenhoofbound, ortho he'el is contracted; and consists in a combination of a, hinged tie or brace with and connecting the quarters which are hinged upon the toe-piece. l l

.The accompanying drawing is n bottom view of my improved horse-shoe.

'.A is, the toe-piece to which the quarters b are mortised and hinged at a. C is the heel, rising from the quarters in two steps or degrees, the brce D having al hinge, d, being let into the first degree ofi'the heel-at its' `junction with the quarter, and secured by a bolt or pin passing from the upper side of the heel of the sli'oe through a. slot, e, in the hinged brace l). v

Having thus described Amy invention, I claim as new, Aand desire to secure by Lettes Patent- Theicombination of the hinged tie or brace D with the hinged quarters B. I JACOB WHEELER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM CRAIns, ELs'IoN S. WHEELER. 

